The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-21
TRACKING THE ROBBERS.
BLOODHoUNDs AND SHERIFFS ON
THEIR TRAIL.


A Passenger Gives a Graphic Account
of the Robbery-Over a Hundred
Shots Fired to Intimidate the Pas
sengers and Trainmen- From So l 900
to $4,000 the Estimated Amount OF
the Booty.
CHICAGO, May 20.-A special from Austin,
Tex, reports that by the aid of bloodhounds
Plnkerton's officers tracked the train rob
bers to their camp where the booty was
divided, as express wrappers were found
lying around promiscuously. Numerous
trails leading from this spot indicated that
the party separated here.
The Sheriff of Williamson county is
securing the country with dogs and large
posse.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
WACO, TEX, May 20-C. w. White, of
Waco, who was a passenger ON the Missouri
Pacific train which was robbed at McNeill
station, on the International and Great
Northern road, gives the following particu-
lars of the robbery:
."When the train pulled up at McNeill sta
tion, which is at the crossing of the Austin
and Northwestern road, it was found that
the agent and two gentlemen who intended
to take passage ON the train were in charge
of twelve robbers who had come to the sta
tion well mounted and armed. The rob
bers had rolled a log in front of the engine,
and the engineer and firemen were guarded
by some of them, while others fired into the
top Of the cars in the train. The passengers
were told that if they kept quiet they would
not be molested, and they obeyed.
ONE HUNDRED SHOTS FIRED.
The robbers fired about one hundred shots
within the coaches to enforce the quietneSs
of the passengers. Harry Landa, of San
Antonio, was shot in the hand. A brake
man named White had his cheek and nose
grazed by bullet. The robbers made for
the express car, which was in charge of A.
j. Northaker, and demanded that he open
it. He refused TO obey, and they
broke open the car door and knocked
broken open and robbed. How much
money they secured, no one seems to know.
The amount has been variously estimated at
from $2l 900 to S55,000n Mr.. White says
the expressman would not or could not tell
the amount of money stolen. He supposed i,
however, from his remarks, that the robbers
secured large amount After the robbers
had secured the Doodle they told the train
men to roll the log off the track and they
CAPTURING THE AGENT.
Mr. White, before leaving the station,
had talk with the agent, whose name is s.
r. Ely. The latter says the men came to
the station unmasked and took himself and
two other men in charge One of these men
was j. h. Ricketts,, from Birmingham, Ala
The robbers also took a fine gold watch and
chain from Mr.. Ricketts,. The robbers
placed these three in box-car, closed the
door and placed a guard over them. Mr..
White says he asked the agent what kind of
locking men they were, and he replied that
they looked like border ruffians. They were
well armed, and seemed to understand their
business very thoroughly. After robbing
the train they rode swiftly away. The
train was delayed only about half an hour,
and then came on North When it arrived
at Waco Northaker, the expressman, was
weak from loss of blood and the effects of
the blows he received from the robbers, but
he continued on his road to Denison The
conductor, engineer and fireman who were
ON the train which was robbed, changed at
Tyler, and their names were not learned.